What are smart speakers made of?
Smart speakers take 13 things directly, among them printed circuit board, microchip, memory chip, solder, microphone and LED. Trace them back and you pass 88 made things on the way to 30 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
- Printed circuit boardat Build the main board
- Microchipat Build the main board
- Memory chipat Build the main board
- Solderat Build the main board
- Microphoneat Build the microphone board
- LEDat Build the microphone board
- ABS plasticat Mold the shell
- Polyesterat Mold the shell
- Loudspeakerat Seat the driver and weight
- Steelat Seat the driver and weight
- Adhesiveat Seat the driver and weight
- Screwat Stack and cable the layers
- Vulcanized rubberat Glue on the base
From the ground: 30 raw materials
- Air through ABS plastic
- Water through adhesive
- Natural rubber latex through vulcanized rubber
- Sulfur through vulcanized rubber
- Copper ore through solder, copper
- Silica sand through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Limestone through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Quartz through memory chip, silicon wafer
- Tin ore through solder, tin
- Crude oil through microphone, aluminum
- Coal through microphone, aluminum
- Gold ore through LED, gold
- Lead ore through solder, silver
- Silver ore through solder, silver
- Zinc ore through solder, silver
- Natural gas through LED, plastic
- Rare earth ore through loudspeaker, neodymium magnet
- Bauxite through LED, gallium
- Iron ore through ABS plastic, pigment
- Kaolin through loudspeaker, paper
- Manganese ore through loudspeaker, ferrite
- Timber through loudspeaker, plywood
- Dolomite through steel, magnesium
- Rock salt through adhesive, epoxy, chlorine
- Trona through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash
- Nickel ore through loudspeaker, neodymium magnet, nickel
- Titanium ore through ABS plastic, pigment, titanium dioxide
- Corn through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 75 things
Metals 17
CopperTinAluminumGoldLeadSilverCopper wireNeodymium magnetPig ironMagnesiumSteel scrapManganeseSteel wireZincCokeAluminaNickel
Chemicals and fuels 34
Oxygen gasNitrogen gasAmmoniaHydrogenNaphthaPropyleneBenzeneEthyleneStyrenePigmentQuicklimeArgonParaffin waxCarbon blackSulfuric acidSoda ashPhenolAcetoneChlorineCaustic sodaPetroleum cokeTolueneTitanium dioxidePara-xyleneEthylene glycolZinc oxidePropaneMethanolNitric acidCarbon dioxideFormaldehydeHydrochloric acidHydrogen peroxideCharcoal
Plastics and fibers 10
FiberglassEpoxyPlasticPET plasticPolypropylenePolyethyleneAcrylicPolyurethaneSynthetic rubberPhenolic resin